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BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 



mer, and the Grosse Isle " season '" was in full swing. 

 There was a scliool picnic one day ; on another, serv- 

 ice was held in the little white church on the hill- 

 side ; but, as I considered the deathlike quiet which, 

 as a rule, reigned in the village, I wondered what 

 life must be there in winter. Then the entire Mag- 

 dalen grouiJ is frozen in a sea of ice, which renders 

 communication with the mainlaud (except by cable, 



generally out of 

 repair) impossi- 

 ble. When the 

 ice breaks in the 

 spring, seals ap- 

 pear and furnish 

 a hazardous occu- 

 pation to those 

 who are venture- 

 some enough to 

 go in pursuit of 

 - ,.- ., „ them — a form of 



iHI&^lJ^^ife &mS «POi-t^^hichIim- 

 js rf ^...^ . . .. agine is eagerly 



welcomed after 

 the lethargy of 

 winter. With us 

 the Magdalens 

 were only a step- 

 ping - stone to 

 Bird Rock, bx\t 

 while preparing for the continuation of our jour- 

 ney to that i^oint we took some note of our sur- 

 roundings. 



The Magdalens have an interesting avifauna, but 



Nost and eggs uf Kdx Sptirrow. 



